Orton-Gillingham workshop offered at ESC

NEW BOSTON, Ohio - June 24, 2016 - PRLog -- While students enjoy their summer vacation, teachers are staying busy in the classroom participating in professional development workshops - such as the Yoshimoto Orton-Gillingham workshop offered at the South Central Ohio Educational Service Center, in New Boston, Ohio, June 20-24.

The basic Orton-Gillingham (OG) training course, designed by Ron Yoshimoto, teaches teachers how to use the foundational multisensory structured language approach to teach reading, writing, and spelling in whole classroom, small intervention group, and one-to-one instructional settings. The course covers three levels of decoding and spelling: sound-symbol (phonology or phonics), syllable (orthology), and beginning morphological or semantic.

"Orton-Gillingham training provides teachers with specific strategies designed to help all students, particularly those who are struggling, learn to read," said Tammy Hambrick, of the ESC Curriculum Department. "We're excited to offer teachers in Southern Ohio the opportunity to learn these skills without having to travel to Columbus or Cincinnati. This is the type of professional development that can really help a teacher make a difference in student's lives."

The workshop was hosted at the ESC, June 20-24, and taught by Charlotte G. Andrist, Ph. D., NCSP, a certified master trainer with Orton-Gillingham International, LLC.

Andrist holds licenses in reading, special education, and school psychology. She has trained hundreds of teachers in structured literacy approaches, including OG-based multisensory structured language strategies. In 1992, Andrist initiated and directed the Graduate Reading Programs at Notre Dame College. She also began Reading and Intervention Specialist on-site teacher training cohorts in the Cleveland Municipal School District. She first brought Ron Yoshimoto to Ohio in 2012 to train teachers in the scientifically-based OG approach.

For those who missed the workshop, another offering is available at the ESC July 25-29 with limited seating. The cost of the workshop is $690 per person, or a group rate (five or more) of $640 each. For more information, or to register for this workshop, contact Hambrick at 740-354-0251. Registration will close on July 15 at 5 p.m. Three graduate credits may be available through Notre Dame College, for an additional fee.

The workshops are sponsored by the South Central Ohio ESC, Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, and Orton-Gillingham International. For more information about the ESC, visit the South Central Ohio ESC online at http://www.scoesc.org, or follow the ESC on Facebook and Twitter.